NOTW XLV: The DOOM Project [Sign-Up Thread]

-- This game revolves around the Dresden Organization of Operative Mercenaries and their mission, which pits them against dangerous and supernatural enemies.

-- There are two types of factions in the game: BLUFOR players are trying to fulfill the Organization's contractual obligations. For player purposes, they can be referred to as the "Town."

-- OPFOR players are actively working to fulfill their own insidious objectives. Since their agenda contradict the Organization's own goals, they see the BLUFOR players as hostile threats. For player purposes, they can be referred to as "scum" or "mafia".

-- For a brief overview of this game's backstory, refer to this post.

-- To see the introductory video, refer to this link.

-- I will be playing no favorites here. Power roles and alignments are guaranteed to be randomly distributed amongst the players, so everyone has an equal shot at each role.

-- The most important rule of all: have fun!

-- This game heavily revolves around the mystery and storyline of the mission. You may, if you wish, play this game like a standard Mafia game, ignoring the story and plot and instead focusing on winning the game – that method of play is perfectly acceptable. If you wish to discover the various twists and turns of this storyline, be sure to read any notes, journal entries, or other such plot devices I post in updates.

-- Plot mechanics, or “fluff”, will never be representative of player alignment; I will mark such entries as storyline-related material.

-- Please be active and contribute in the game.

-- There may by certain situations where the outcome of a Day or Night does not resolve as you predict. Please PM me if you feel there has been an error in resolution. However, be forewarned: if things appear suspicious or unnatural, there are meant to be!

-- I, as the mod, will merely interpret player actions as well as provide dialogue and narration about certain plot experiences. I do not control any factions in this game, nor do I determine when and how the game resolves.

-- Players may create Quick Topics, so long as they forward me the link of the topic they create.

-- I reserve the right to WoG or replace players as necessary. I will only use this procedure as a last resort.

-- Day phase lasts 48 hours.

-- Each Day, players may vote on a target to lynch. Formatting for a lynch vote is as follows: Vote: Player. To unvote, please type Unvote. Due to the professionalism and standards of the Dresden Organization, a player must have a certain number of votes above the others in order to be even considered for a lynch: if there are 15 or more players left alive, the lynch target must hold four more votes than his nearest competitor; if 10 or more players are left alive, the target must hold three additional votes. Below 10 players is standard lynching procedure: the player with the most votes is lynched.

-- You may only vote to lynch a current player.

-- Vote: No Lynch is a valid and acceptable vote choice. Vote: Abstain, however, is never acceptable.

-- Additionally, each player will provide a move order for the Day. Move orders are formatted as follows: Move: Place. Move orders may be provided secretly via PM. Each player moves independently, and thus Move orders are not interpreted as votes; you are free to move to whatever location you please.

-- Moving to a room will reveal any available information and items in that Room. Certain Rooms begin locked at the start of the game, and must be unlocked by finding the correct code or key. Additionally, certain items (such as lockers or safes) may also be locked, requiring a code or key to unlock. These codes and keys can be found around the complex, but some may be easier to find than others.

-- Some Days, items may be up for vote. I will post the appropriate formatting for each individual item as they are found. Some players start with Items. Others can be found around the complex.

-- Night lasts for 24 hours.

-- Individual and team Night actions must be submitted during this 24-hour period via PM.

-- There is to be no communication in the game thread while Night is being processed. As soon as I declare the game to be in a Night stage, there should be no further posts made until I provide the next update and announce the start of the following day. Please follow this rule!

--Certain situations with evil or monstrous entities in this game will result in combat between the players and these enemies.

-- Combat Strength is determined by your weapon, which is listed in your role PM.

-- Most primary weapons have a Strength of 4 or 5. Particularly weak primary weapons have a Strength of 3. Particularly strong primary weapons have a Strength of 6.

-- Each weapon also has an ammunition requirement, listed in magazines. Each combat situation a player finds themselves in deducts one clip from their ammunition total. If they run out of ammunition for a weapon, that weapon is useless.

-- Your Strength is effectively 1 if you have no weapon and/or ammunition.

-- Combat is entirely determined on the type of opponent you face. Some enemies may Night kill without entering combat. Others may only be able to Night kill by entering combat.

-- If a player is the target of an evil entity, all players that share that target's room may also fight the enemy in Combat. In that case, all the players' Strengths will be added together for purposes of calculating the players' Strength.

-- Ammunition will only be drained if that player is required to fight in Combat (ie, if the monster would kill a fellow player unless they joined the Combat.)

-- If your Combat Strength (and the Strength of your fellow players) is higher than the Power of the enemy, you will survive the encounter. If not, well, you can guess what happens.